@Swiss, same thing happened with a bunch of my thoroughly green tomatoes, a bunch of them ripened all the way. I picked a bunch of the potted ones with some color and put them in the garage, hoping for them to ripen like the last batch did.
When I moved the pile of tomato vines I'd pulled a week ago and just left lying on the lawn, there were a lot of cherry tomatoes that had ripened too. I gave them to the chickens but I think they're about done with tomatoes for the year. They ate them but casually rather than enthusiastically.
Well I didn't get everything done, the mowing, and various compost bin tasks are done but I'm too tired and sore for much else. So I'll make some baked sweet potato fries and sliders (got both in the freezer) for dinner tonight instead of the Chinese or Japanese take out. I need to take a hand-full of ibuprofen first, when I was walking out to pick the tomatoes, I tripped on the garden hose and face planted on the gravel in front of the chicken run. I'm fine, just had to lay there and think about it a minute, checking to see if I was really hurt. I wasn't and DP helped me up so I could go in and scrub the grit out of my hands. Glad I hadn't already picked the tomatoes, I threw the produce bin about 6'. The ladies did really enjoy the lawn clippings, I always give them the greenest, lushest grass and clover from the mower bag.
These girls are much younger than they were supposed to be & came 2 months later so they will be in the little coop till spring, not much I can do about that but can make it easier on myself. We are also going to cut a big hole in the back of it & put in some plexiglass for light, it's too dark in there.
